QUESTION 1YourCloud Pty Ltd is a cloud-based software development company located in Brisbane. The company is planning to introduce new responsive cloud based software application into the market. In recent times, the dynamic market competition has created some bad software investment decisions. Now senior management require a thorough analysis of every new product that is introduced to market. As a senior business analyst, you have been appointed to advise the senior management on the feasibility of the new product.An initial analysis conducted by other analysts for the product claim the anticipated net present value (NPV) for the new product line is over $2 millionand they have recommended the manufacture of the product based on this assessment.Your taskis to use a decision support system (DSS) and report to the senior management on whether the claim of the NPV being over $2 million is correct or incorrect using the relevant information given in Table 1.Table 1: Summarised product detailsCost of production: $25.00 per unitAnnual overhead cost: $210,000 (cloud hosting is outsourced)Initial investment needed: $1,750,000Estimated selling price: $55.00 per unit Market at time of introduction: 420,000 units per yearMarket growth: 15% per yearMarket share: Most likely 10%Assumed economically useful lifetime: 4 years, commencing 2018Discount rate used to analyse new product proposals is 12%You need to assume that the overhead and initial investment occurs at the START of the respective year, profit occurs at the END of the year and initial investment was only applicable to the first year.YOUR TASK:Develop a decision support model using Visual DSS using the variables described above. Include comments within your Visual DSS model to explain the variables and your calculations. Based on the result of your model, what is the net present value (NPV)? Explain whether the claim regarding the NPV being above $2 million is correct or incorrect.HINTSNote that overhead and initial investment both occur at the START of the respective year, and profit occurs at the END of the year.You should use the correct NPV formula in Visual DSS. Use the ‘Help’ feature within the Visual DSS application and Visual DSS tutorial to learn more about the correct NPV formula, which is applicable to the scenario, described in Question 1. Initial investment is a startup cost applicable to the first period only (i.e. 2018). The NPV is only relevant for the first period (i.e. 2018) for decision-making – so only report it for that period. Using NPV (0) in Visual DSS will allow you to achieve this.QUESTION 2You are now asked to analyse the variations on the impact of market share, cost of producing, overheads and initial investment on the NPV. You need to conduct a risk analysis based on the information below:a) Market share: could be as low as 5% or as high as 15%, but is most likely to be 10%. The distribution could be represented using a triangular distribution.b) Unit costs can be described by normal distribution – mean of $30.00 and standard deviation of $12.00.c) Overhead: could be as low as $150,000 per year or as high as $350,000 per year, but is most likely to be $215,000 per year. The distribution could be represented using a triangular distribution.d) Initial investment requirements can be uniformly distributed between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000.The senior management decided on the following decision criteria:Decision criteria: The company is unwilling to proceed if there is a 20% or greater chance that the net present value will be less than $1,000,000 (1 million).YOUR TASK:You are required to use Visual DSS to run a Monte Carlo simulation (a Risk Analysis).Produce a cumulative probabilities report and graph for the above question. Based on results and the decision criteria, explain whether the senior management should accept or rejectthe proposed production of the product.QUESTION 3When the above analysis reached the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of your company, he became very concerned about the assumptions made in the model. His experience has taught him to consider the uncertainty associated with selling price and production costs more thoroughly. He required further analysis to be done by incorporating the following uncertainties to Question 1 model:He applied different decision criteria and was willing to go ahead with the product proposal if there was at least an 80% chance the net present value would be greater than $1,850,000.YOUR TASK:You are required to use Visual DSS to run a Monte Carlo simulation (a Risk Analysis). Based on your results determine whether the CEO will proceed under these uncertainties.Produce a cumulative probabilities report and graph for the question. Based on results and the decision criteria, will the CEO accept or rejectthe proposed production of the product?A word document with the answers to the questions for Part A, Part B and Part C. For the second question, the screenshots can be included in the word document. The three Visual DSS files created for Part A (Questions 1, 2 and 3). Please ensure that these files are named clearly as Agt1_PartA_1.dss, Agt1_PartA_2.dss and Agt1_PartA_3.dss respectively. No zipfile is allowed for the submission.

Knowing how to analyze a case will help you attack virtually any business problem. A case study helps you learn by immersing you in a real-world business issues — and makes you a decision-maker. A case presents facts about a particular organization and you must focus on the most important facts and use the information to determine the best (of multiple alternatives) course(s) of action to deal with the problems you identify.A case study analysis must not just summarize the case. It should identify key issues and problems, and outline and assess alternative courses of action.In this case, you will look more closely at corporate governance. Specifically, you will learn that you need corporate governance in an organization along with how this controls different decisions. You will look also at the internal and external mechanisms.In addition to the requirements for the analysis of a case study covered below, please specifically answer the following questions:How did Stewart’s control of the board interfere with directors’ carrying out their fiduciary duties?What changes in the makeup of the board would have improved governance?How might changes in corporate bylaws have improved governance?Required for the Analysis of a Case Study:Provide a 4–6 page Case Study Analysis using the following format:Format: Must include these headersTitle pageCompany and Situation: Describe the Company and SituationTo begin your case study analysis, discuss the critical incidents that have contributed to the current position of the company. Here you must identify the most important facts surrounding the case .Does the problem or challenge facing the company come from a changing environment, new opportunity, a declining market share, or inefficient internal or external business processes?Strengths, Weaknesses and Alternatives: Identify Strengths and Weaknesses as well as AlternativesExamine the value creation functions of the company and specify alternative courses of action.List the courses of action the company can take to solve its problem or meet the challenge it faces. What changes to organizational processes would be required by each alternative? What management policy would be required to implement each alternative?Remember, there is a difference between what an organization “should do” and what that organization actually “can do.” Some solutions are too expensive or operationally difficult to implement, and you should avoid solutions that are beyond the organization’s resources. Important: Identify the constraints that will limit the solutions available. Is each alternative executable given these constraints?Implementations: Analyze Implementations This portion of the case study analysis requires that you identify and analyze the structure and control systems that the company is using to implement its business strategies. Evaluate organizational change, levels of hierarchy, employee rewards, conflicts, and other issues that are important to the company you are analyzing.Recommendations: Make Recommendations The final part of your case study analysis should include your recommendations for the company. Every recommendation you make should be based on and supported by the context of your case study analysis, i.e., what you have already written.Additional Questions: Answer the additional questions as shown below. Each question should be placed in bold as a header:How did Stewart’s control of the board interfere with directors’ carrying out their fiduciary duties?What changes in the makeup of the board would have improved governance?How might changes in corporate bylaws have improved governance?References: Reference pageAccess the case study template formatted in APA.The case analysis should be a minimum of four pages, double-spaced. Check for correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and usage. Citations should use APA style.Your analysis of this case and your written submission should reflect an understanding of the critical issues of the case; integrate the material covered in the text and present concise and well-reasoned justifications for the stance that you take.Make sure your document includes:Your nameDateCourse name and section numberUnit numberCase namePage numbers